The Twins He Was About to Meet Again

"When exactly does the Church plan to begin that ritual, Priest?"

"Next week or the week after, within the Month of Withered Leaves. The Interstice won't be able to hold on much longer."

The last earthquake had greatly weakened Shade's Tree's Kiss Mystic Lock as well. The Death Outbreak was indeed not far off.

"Also, I heard some uncertain news. The Nature Church has invited one of The Church's 'Thorn Sisters' here."

The priest lowered his voice.

"A Thorn Sister?"

This was the most shocking news of the evening. The Thorn Sisters represented the divine descent vessels cultivated by the Nature Church. They were the purest girls, raised by the Nature Church from childhood. They knew their responsibilities and regarded them as an honor.

In other words, they were fanatics qualified for divine descent. The Church deploying them was a very obvious signal.

"The Nature Church intends to—"

Shade pointed at the sky.

"I know nothing. Perhaps it is to guard against the worst possible outcome."

Priest Augustus cautiously shook his head and looked at the firelight before them with Shade.

"But Detective, everyone is being very careful about this. Yes, very careful. I have already seen it—seen what will happen once the Death Outbreak begins and the Day of Final Death arrives."

The bonfire crackled as Shade narrowed his eyes.

"What will happen?"

"It will be terrifying. The Black Sun will descend, and the White Fog of the Interstice will become black fog, enveloping this region. The world of the living and the world of the dead will completely merge together. Even time and space will become confused. Everything will fall into the eternal final death of a repeating cycle. The map of the Old Continent may be missing a piece from then on."

Priest Augustus had his own